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Poem by Walt Whitman


Leaves of Grass. 1. Inscriptions. 11. Beginners


How they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals,)
How dear and dreadful they are to the earth,
How they inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox
         appears their age,
How people respond to them, yet know them not,
How there is something relentless in their fate all times,
How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and reward,
And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same
         great purchase.



Walt Whitman


Walt Whitman's other poems:
  1. Leaves of Grass. 20. By the Roadside. 28. Offerings
  2. Leaves of Grass. 32. From Noon to Starry Night. 19. What Best I See in Thee
  3. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 31. Yonnondio
  4. Leaves of Grass. 34. Sands at Seventy. 43. The Dying Veteran
  5. Leaves of Grass. 35. Good-Bye My Fancy. 25. “The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete”


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